Promoting Commercial Space Protecting SpaceFlight Participants
Through System Safety and Mission Assurance
Welcome
This is the website of Michael T. Kezirian, Adjunct Professor of Astronautics Practice at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California.
Dr. Kezirian's research is in the area of space exploration and system safety. One focus is area is the design and safe operation of composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPV).
Recent Events
Great American Solar Eclipse
August 21, 2017: USC balloon team launched two balloons into Earth's stratosphere to measure atmospheric composition and its changes when the big light turned off!
Century Fathom
Century Fathom is creating innovation in the Energy Sector. By applying NASA space technology, Century Fathom has found a safe, sustainable, and economic method to produce natural gas from deep ocean environments.